| Name: | HOPECASTLE |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 29/12/1936 |
| Completed: | 05/1937 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 1533 |
| Dimensions: | 5178grt, 3130nrt, 418.9 x 57.4 x 25.6ft |
| Engines: | Oil engine, 2SCSA, Doxford type, 4cyl (23.5 x 91.25ins), 687nhp |
| Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
| Reg Number: | 161604 |
| History: | |
| 05/05/1937 | Novocastria Shipping Co Ltd (A Stott & Co), Newcastle |
| 1938 | Managers Stott, Mann & Fleming Ltd |
| 28/10/1942 | Sank |
| Comments: | 28/10/1942: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boats U509 & U203, |
| when 100 miles SW of Madeira at position 31.39N - 19.35W | |
| On a voyage from Cochin and Freetown to the Mersey with | |
| a cargo of magnesite, ilmenite, tea and general cargo |
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